Enter The... Crow?

[Selena]

(I THINK this is the right forum lol. If not, move it please. xD)

CAWWW~ Thwak, thwak, thwak

A black crow, with a snippet of white just above its beak, was circling, lower than normal. Its wing-beats were frantic and made that annoying "thwaking" sound whenever it flapped, and it kept cawing and crowing like a cat was clinging to its tail feathers! Damn it all! Why now! Why now!? I hate this body! The crow thought to itself and halted its wing-beats in order to glide, slowly coming down to land on a branch. Stupid stupid dog! I hate it when I panic! The crow fluttered its wings and turned its beak to pluck at a loose feather. I really need to work on that. The crow let out a strangely human sigh and sunk down some.

Then, suddenly, the crow perked up and stared through the branches to what looked to be a window! Oh you've got to be kidding me. A window? Way out here? No... impossible... Sure enough! There smack dab in the middle of no where was a window, and where there windows there had to be doors! And where there were doors and windows there had to people! Right? Haha! Maybe she could steal something to eat while still in crow form! A rice ball maybe! She couldn't carry much but...

The crow, now revealed to be female, fluttered her wings before launching herself off the branch and soaring down to the window. Knock knooooockk! She crowed and slapped the tips of her feathers against the stone. When there was no immediate response she cackled creepily in glee and swooped down into the room. Now then... the kitchen... The crow... girl... thing... Karasa, her name, was bound to run into someone's head with the way she was flying and at the height. Let's just hope someone didn't smack her and break her in two!

[seltor]

Hebimaru was spending some of his time inspecting the Village of Raging Fire, checking their standing forces, who was their leader, how powerful was he and if he was easily corrupted, the usual stuff he did when he was gathering intelligence on possible locations where New Dawn should strike next. Unluckily for this village, Hebimaru was realizing it was a sitting duck, they could easily conquer it and no one would even know about what they did.

Considering how lucky they were, Hebimaru decided to check the outskirts of the village as well, to spot any hidden forces or hideouts that could possibly exists, to his surprise there was a building in the middle of the forest, almost totally concealed to the naked eye, but he had his Sharakugan and nothing could be hidden for him. His feet lead him toward the building that he could spot from afar, but he was about to have a random encounter with a flying bird that bumped against his head.

Luckily the bird wasn't large enough to make him lose his balance, but he was surprised anyway. Why would a bird fly so low and bump against him? He pierced the fallen bird and saw it was a crow, but he immediately realized it couldn't be a normal crow, not only he saw a chakra circulatory system but the bird was heavier than crows, he had to a shinobi disguised. "Reveal yourself who ever you are if you wish to live" he declared as a mad grin emerged on his face and his sapphire eyes locked on the bird.

[Selena]

Karasa squawked loudly in surprise when she suddenly smacked chest-first into someone's head and was sent tumbling down to the ground with a dull thud. -Owwwww!- Why hadn't she seen them!? "Reveal yourself whoever you are if you wish to live." The crow/girl froze and stared up at the man with her beady little eyes, her breathing coming fast even for a bird. She began to pant, panicking once again, and started to flail about frantically in an attempt to regain altitude, but the air was too stuffy and still in the room and she couldn't gain any height with her random flailing. -This is bad! Bad bad bad!-

Normally Karasa would turned back to human, whip out her sword, and do some damage... if she could... but she didn't exactly have control over her crow body. So instead she stopped flailing and pressed her chest flat to the ground, in a sort of bow; then she just stood there, trembling from head to toe, praying that he wouldn't hurt her. Karasa tilted her head back and gazed up at him with adorable bird eyes. She was too cute to kill... right? Pah. It was probably a pathetic attempt, but it was worth a shot.

[seltor]

Hebimaru wasn't expecting that turn of events, while he was accustomed to be obeyed almost instantly, this shinobi disguised as a crow had defied his orders or his menace. Not only he or she remained in his guise but also mimicked something only a human would be able to do, first not only the ninja bowed to him but later tried to persuade with a look, perhaps the impression of a snake's cute look, but it failed miserably.

The White Snake wouldn't be dissuaded from his first statement and he would kill the ninja altogether, he picked up the bird with his left hand while his right hand's index and middle finger glowed blue with the chakra he had gathered, he was going to use his ninjutsu expertise and immense knowledge to interrupt this person's Transformation Technique immediately or whatever he was using to have that crow form, luckily it would only force it to become human again, if anything went wrong, that ninja would be in a world of pain.

[Selena]

Karasa squawked in fear when the man suddenly picked her up and began to flail about again, trying to escape his grass. She pecked at his hand, but, deciding better of it, stopped struggling and simply sat there and stared at him innocently. She was doing anything wrong. There was nothing wrong with exploring! Or... well... running from a dog... Then she felt, more than saw, the chakra that began to gather around the man's fingers. Oh no no no no! She wasn't doing any harm! "STAWK!" She cried out frantically, her crow beak and vocal cords making a poor imitation of the word stop. "Cawt!" That was worse than the previous and likely wouldn't be recognizable as "can't". If she could then she would have turned back by now! And now he was going to kill her for something she had no control over!? What a rude man!

If I were human I would smack you for this. Karasa's thoughts whirled rapidly, and then... POOF! Whatever technique the man had used suddenly turned her back to human form! Her trench-coat fluttered around her and feathers floated down to the ground. His hand was now on the V in her collar-bone, as she was too big to hold with his thumb and fore-finger anymore. Karasa stepped back, glaring the entire time. "Excuse me sir but you didn't have to be so rough! A crow's bones are very delicate you know! You could have snapped a wing! Or my leg!" As close to a thank you as he was ever going to get. She pointed at him and leaned forwards, one hand on her hip. "For your information I have no control over that damn bird body. So you ordering me to turn back did nothing but annoy and frighten me! You should be ashamed of yourself!" Blab blab blab, that's all Karasa did when she was upset and scared and not flying away in crow form. Though at the moment, now that she was human again, she was more annoyed than scared. "Though it is nice to be human again." She stretched an arm above her head, completely oblivious to the danger she may have been in. "And if you want to know what I was doing I was running away from a dog. Stupid thing scared the living daylights out of me!"

[seltor]

"You are a pathetic excuse for a ninja" muttered Hebimaru with a clear anger tone on his voice, after restoring this woman's natural form he was verbally assaulted by her, if he had the urge to kill her before, now he was really prone on doing it, but thankfully he was gifted with one of the greatest patience one can have, he would assess her skills, check if she had any usefulness and then, the execution would be carried away. "I don't know what you have been doing" he replied with a softer tone this time almost mellowed "But I do wish to know, how can you transform yourself into a crow, because that wasn't the Transformation Technique known worldwide, you actually transformed into one. Are you a Crow Sage?" he asked.

"This could be interesting, strange powers, strange abilities can be found in the most common people in odd places like this one, a new recruit to out team perhaps or just another failure." Hebimaru wondered as the mad grin he had shown previously vanished, his face blank of emotions, but his eyes bright with curiosity.

[Selena]

Karasa stopped blabbering and narrowed her eyes, bringing her arms up to cross them. "Well that was rude." The question caught her off guard though, and so did his tone. "Well... I'm not sure really... Crow Sage?" She looked at the man in confusion. "I have no idea what that is... But I've been able to do this for as long as I can remember." She shrugged and then waved her hand dismissively. "Though I don't have much control over it. When I panic, or something scares the living daylights out of me, I turn to Crow. Then I can't turn back. It happens at random, the turning back. One time I was flying above a soup stand and... well... you can probably guess what happened." She grinned innocently before wiping any trace of her normally giggly self away. What was she doing!? "Anyways. I'm Kasu." She gave him her short, guy nick-name, her voice relatively monotone. She needed to be more careful, keep her guard up, she knew she wasn't out of the woods yet.

[seltor]

"Well, well, no control over your abilities that could be fixed, I have one solution to that problem you currently possess" replied Hebimaru with the return of his large grin. "Your abilities are controlled through your emotions as you surely realized by now, that is not helpful at all girl, actually I should say that this is pathetic, but I don't want to be that cruel with you" he added.

"People call me the Master of Ninjutsu, Hebimaru is the correct name." he started after several seconds of silence where he inspected every inch of the girls body with his eyes "Kasu is actually a masculine name, but you are a female, an odd combination girl, are you lying to me?" he finally asked with a slight tone of anger on his voice, a dangerous situation for the house occupants, especially for the girl. "Oh and by the way, your lack of knowledge should be punished, but all in due time. Now tell me what are your options, what are you going to do?"

[Selena]

Karasa couldn't help the faint flicker of curiosity that entered her eyes and she listened carefully to the man. Her emotions? Well... that was obvious, at least for her crow form. At the pathetic comment her face drew into a sneer. "That is the only ability controlled by my emotions, partially, and I usually have them completely under control." Her tone was cold and unforgiving, her mercenary exterior taking the place of what had been there before. "What I think is pathetic is that you didn't see a bird smacking into your head until it was too late." Or maybe he just has a fat head. The added thought was almost enough to make her giggle... almost...

"Ninjutsu?" She was no good at that, hardly knew any of it. She knew basic clones, and a few other simple moves... but... she had never really learned it. He didn't need to know that though. "Well then... Hebimaru. I am a mercenary for hire. And yes, Kasu is my name. I'm sure not everyone here gives their full name." When she realized he was looking her body over she growled softly and immediately pulled her trench-coat around herself so that it hid the shape of her body and she tossed her hair over her eyes, hiding her face. When she spoke her voice was lower, as if she really were a guy. "I would be careful where you let your eyes roam, Hebi. As for what I'm going to do I am currently looking for work. So long as it pays well then I'll do it."

[seltor]

"Kasu don't test your luck today, you are still alive because I chose so, you don't want to test my patience with your little games of hide and seek, this is my final warning," Hebimaru immediately replied as soon as Kasu finished speaking, Hebimaru really thought this girl was playing with fire and she would get burnt in the end. He was dangerous and he disliked being toyed by other people. He clutched his two hands into two fists before continuing "My business here is my own, the reasons why I didn't spotted you or the reasons why I let yourself bump into my head will not be explained until your retract what you said, and I don't require mercenaries I require servants," he stated as he hold his breath for one second before finishing "And my eyes roam wherever they want"

[Selena]

(haaaa I hope this doesn't end in a fight... I really do NOT want to roleplay one.)

Karasa snorted in disdain at Hebimaru's words, and when she saw him clench his fists her hand instinctively went to the sword strapped to her side. "Don't test your luck. You don't own this forest, nor do you own everyone who comes through." At the mention of wanting a servant her lip curled in disgust and she ripped her sword out of its sheath, holding it up in front of her in a defensive manner. "Well you're one hell of a pervert. When I have my cloak and my hair down I am a man. You got that, Hebi?" She sneered his name with disgust before turning and leaping into the windows she had originally flew through. "If you have no need of the services I am offering then I will leaving. I have business to attend to." She didn't really have any business but this man was not safe, any strange man that let their eyes roam like that was doubly unsafe. "A piece of advice. If I was anyone else you would have been smacked for that last comment, but I don't have enough time to do that. Good day."

[seltor]

(no problem, I am not looking for one xD)

"You speak like an idiot that had his brain lobotomized, and because of that I'll clarify all of my actions like you were a kid. First, when my eyes roamed over your body I was checking your feminine forms, I was checking your fighting potential, it is not my fault that your lack of knowledge makes you unaware that I can see your chakra circulatory system, thus through its analysis I can see what kind of abilities one favors in combat. In your case I see that you don't have a very evolved chakra system thus I guess your favor taijutsu in combat, which is correct since your carry a sword and you hold it in a defensive manner. As for your mercenary status, I don't trust those kind of ninjas, one never knows when someone will bid them higher and they attack you instead. Think before talking girl. this can save your life in the future and grant you allies instead of bitter enemies." he replied in a monocord voice, the girl's reaction wasn't that surprising considering he was in an odd village.

He slowly allowed his fists to open, there was no need to fight her and attract unwanted attention to him when he was all alone in a foreign village.